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    Vernon Payne and his aircraft

    Is there information which proves whether or not the Payne Sky Kitten went beyond the drawing stage? Info on that elusive machine can be found at https://archive.org/details/sim_flying_1936-09_19_3/page/42/mode/2up?q=payne&view=theater
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    McGaffey AV-8 Aviate

    I was so sure I'd shared a photo of what was then a mysterious aircraft, but couldn't trace the topic despite my efforts. Our friend Tophe probably could have identified right away, since he mentions it in his Forked Ghosts and Catamarans du Ciel works, but he no longer visits this forum...
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    • 1930s bureau of air commerce civil aviation department of commerce flivver movement general aviation interwar period light aviation united states vidal safety airplane competition
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
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    Kinner Invader

    While browsing through the San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives at Flickr, I happened on a couple of photographs depicting a pre-1945 twin-engine aircraft that was totally unknown to me, and described as a Kinner Invader. Not only it is new to me, but its identity is strange, since: If it...
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    • bureau of air commerce department of commerce interwar period kinner airplane & motor company late 1930s united states united states army air corps
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
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